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This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California. All fifty-three reservoirs that contain over 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) of water at maximum capacity are listed. This includes those formed by raising the level of natural lakes, such as at Lake Tahoe.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
Photos from the California Department of Water Resources show how water levels rose at Lake Oroville and Lake Folsom reservoirs after winter storms.
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Lake Oroville, nestled behind the tallest dam in the U.S., delivers water to roughly 27 million Californians. California’s second-largest reservoir is full — again. How high is the water at ...
San Luis Dam, also known as B.F. Sisk Dam, is a major earth-filled dam in Merced County, California, which forms San Luis Reservoir, the largest off-stream reservoir in the United States. [ citation needed ] The dam and reservoir are located in the Diablo Range to the east of Pacheco Pass and about 10 miles (16 km) west of Los Banos .
California has increased water allocations to 40% of full allotments from the State Water Project. Officials say environmental regulations have limited pumping.
The highest lake level on record was about 43,000 acre-feet (0.053 km 3), or less than a third of capacity, on March 8, 2005. [16] The high water presented an opportunity to test large water releases through the dam's outlet works, but the trial had to be cancelled because the high flows destroyed sections of the concrete tunnel lining.